Pan Dulce Time!

It is that time of year. The time in which you have to decide which pan dulce you like the most!

Each year we have come out on the usual lists of the best pan dulces, but who really needs a list when you can just try them yourself? Now for those of you who love variety, we have 5 different flavors to choose from:

Chocottone - We take our moist dough and fill it with semi-sweet chocolate chunks. If you are a chocolate lover, this one is for you.

Nocciolatto - We take our Chocottone recipe and add roasted hazelnuts!

Dulce de Leche - Super moist panettone with actual chunks of dulce de leche in the dough, decorated with chocolate on top and more dulce de leche.

Traditional - For those of you who just want the classical pan dulce of your childhood. We add glazed fruits, raisins and some dried fruits as well.

Inolvidable - Unforgettable in English. This is our star panettone. We add almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, walnuts, raisins and candied orange peel all nestled in a moist dough made with orange blossom water and malt.

So, which one will be your holiday favorite?

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Happy 4th of July!

Video courtesy of David Willbanks.

Happy 4th of July!

The picture is from Living Large, and it is of Buckingham Fountain in Chicago.

After all these years in Argentina, last night was the very first time I actually celebrated the 4th of July on the actual day. Normally I would go to the Embassy's gig, but they normally have the full blown affair in March when the weather allows us to celebrate outdoors. It's actually a great event with hamburgers, hot dogs, food vendors, a Scholastic Books tent as well as games and music events. I even got to judge a pie contest one year; but that is a completely different event from the one I went to last night.

I got to catch up with Ian and Cintra from Goodairs. Here is a link to their post on the night. I met up with some other old friends and I even got to meet some that I had only exchanged e-mails with in the past. The get-together, sponsored by Democrats Abroad and Le Merval, was also covered by Clarin.com and you can see a little clip of it below. Yes, I am in it, and you can see me blank out on Obama's name. No I had not had any beers, in fact, I was interviewed just as I arrived. Maybe a beer first would have been a better way for me to go. Ah well, there's always next year.

Oh, and by the way, if you want to see some pictures of Chicago during the 4th of July you can click -here- and see how a future resident of Buenos Aires spends his last 4th of July there, before leaving for Argentina.